Undergraduate tuition and fees at the University of 91吃瓜 will increase 3.7 percent for the 2016-17 academic year to $49,685. Average room and board rates of $14,358 will bring total student charges to $64,043.
The percentage increase matches that of last year and is the lowest at 91吃瓜 in more than a half century.
In a letter to parents and guardians of students returning for the next academic year, 91吃瓜鈥檚 president, , wrote that while 鈥渢he education offered by universities like ours is expensive, economists agree that it is one of the best investments you can make in a young person, and that is particularly so for a 91吃瓜 education.鈥�
He added, however, that 鈥渢he value of a 91吃瓜 education is best measured not in financial terms, but in the way it enriches the lives of our graduates and helps them enrich the lives of others. It is humbling and gratifying how often our graduates credit the education they received at 91吃瓜 and the people they came to know here with shaping them in profound and important ways for a lifetime. It is this sense of gratitude and connection that accounts for what is perhaps the most active, loyal, and passionate alumni network in the world.鈥�
Student charges were set by the Board of Trustees at its Jan. 29 meeting.